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From John Stillman Brown to John L. Rupur
[page 1]
Lawrence
Sept. 1st 1863
Brother John L. Rupur[,]
We are all well. The Lord hath spared us. Lawrence has seen and experienced dreadful things. You have seen the lists of the dead. The Brick walls can be built up again. But what workman can build up our dead again. Our more immediate friends and acquaintances who were killed are Jno L[.] Crane[,] G.W. Collomore, Joseph Low, Fred. Kimball, Mr[.] Sargent, Mr[.] Sanger, Mr[.] Longley, Mr[.] J.C. Trask, Dr. Griswold, S.U. Thorpe[,] Lewis Carpenter, Dwight Coleman[,] William Williamson, Mr[.] Palmer & son, Mr. Stone, two Spear boys, David Parington, and a good many others that we knew by sight, whose names I cannot now recall.
It was a little after sunrise when three men came galloping into our enclosure and said Quantrell was in Lawrence killing & burning[.] we looked towards the city which lies N.E. of us and saw very distinctly the smoke curling up. Charles took a horse and rode [MS. illegible] to arouse the people. William took the bridle and tried to catch some of our horses. I looked up the guns and swords. We had plenty of arms but little ammunition. I went out and milked the cows, eat breakfast[,] took a double barrelled shot gun and started for town[.] But after going a few rods I thought how foolish it was to take a gun as I was no marksman and these bushwhackers were sharp shooters; so I laid down my gun and started again for Lawrence[.]
Previous, however, we had carried out our greenbacks of which we had considerable quantity, as a friend had just left me 100 dollars to be paid to another man, and we had some of our own. we also hid

On September 1, 1863, John Stillman Brown writes a letter to John L. Rupur about Quantrill's August 21 Raid on Lawrence. He lists the names of friends who were killed in the raid, and describes watching the bushwhackers from a hill west of Lawrence ""as they went to their work of death, burning and plunder."" He also mentions seeing ""the brave"" Gen. James Henry Lane.

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From John Stillman Brown to John L. Rupur
[page 1]
Lawrence
Sept. 1st 1863
Brother John L. Rupur[,]
We are all well. The Lord hath spared us. Lawrence has seen and experienced dreadful things. You have seen the lists of the dead. The Brick walls can be built up again. But what workman can build up our dead again. Our more immediate friends and acquaintances who were killed are Jno L[.] Crane[,] G.W. Collomore, Joseph Low, Fred. Kimball, Mr[.] Sargent, Mr[.] Sanger, Mr[.] Longley, Mr[.] J.C. Trask, Dr. Griswold, S.U. Thorpe[,] Lewis Carpenter, Dwight Coleman[,] William Williamson, Mr[.] Palmer & son, Mr. Stone, two Spear boys, David Parington, and a good many others that we knew by sight, whose names I cannot now recall.
It was a little after sunrise when three men came galloping into our enclosure and said Quantrell was in Lawrence killing & burning[.] we looked towards the city which lies N.E. of us and saw very distinctly the smoke curling up. Charles took a horse and rode [MS. illegible] to arouse the people. William took the bridle and tried to catch some of our horses. I looked up the guns and swords. We had plenty of arms but little ammunition. I went out and milked the cows, eat breakfast[,] took a double barrelled shot gun and started for town[.] But after going a few rods I thought how foolish it was to take a gun as I was no marksman and these bushwhackers were sharp shooters; so I laid down my gun and started again for Lawrence[.]
Previous, however, we had carried out our greenbacks of which we had considerable quantity, as a friend had just left me 100 dollars to be paid to another man, and we had some of our own. we also hid